how long with that stay in effect, erin? >> until sometime on wednesday and mayor sly james had this warning for residents yesterday. >> we'll be keeping community centers and shelters open. there will be crews on the roads, and emergency personnel on alert and doing their jobs. we'll do our part. we need our kansas city citizens to take this seriously and spread the word and to be off the roads as much as possible. >> they had about 175 snow pows out last night. another 65 will hit the residential areas of kansas city starting 6:00 a.m. central time. >> our thanks to erin mcpike, getting slammed the second time in a week. >> more on the situation in kansas city. joining us on the phone is the mayor sly james and talking about the conditions. how are you coping with all of this? >> well, we are fortunate that we have a great crew of people out working with it and they've been on the road now for quite some time, trying to keep things as clear as possible. but we're monitoring the situation. we're doing everything that we can